Legal Opinion

Woodhouse v. Orangetown Pediatrics, P. C.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 30, 1995PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Karla Moskowitz, J.), entered June 6, 1994, which denied defendants-appellants’ motion to sever the causes of action against them and to change the venue thereof to Rockland County, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Although the causes of action against defendants-appellants on the one hand, and the remaining defendants on the other, allege separate instances of malpractice that resulted in unrelated physical injuries, it was a proper exercise of discretion to *363deny a severance where appellants’ malpractice allegedly resulted in cumulative…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Shanley v. Callanan Industries, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Ravo v. RogatnickNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Thayer v. CollettAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
  4. Dolce v. JonesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Public Administrator Bronx County v. Montefiore Medical CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  2. Rivera v. RicciardiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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